J.K. Rowling v. eBay
March 25th, 2007 § Leave a Comment
Harry Potter author J.K. Rowling has gotten an Indian court to injunct eBay from selling pirated versions of the Harry Potter books. Granted the injunction is in India, but it comes at an interesting time and will return to court on May 23rd, just days after the Tiffany & Co. case, filed in June of ’04, reaches trial in the US. As noted by the Times of the UK, the Harry Potter ruling marks the first time eBay has been ordered to take affirmative steps to police items sold via its auction system.
My posts on Tiffany v. eBay actually get a fair amount of traffic from Google searches run on terms like “tiffany ebay court case”. I think this is mostly due to the fact that the mainstream press hasn’t renewed interest since the original hype back in ’04, although I’m guessing things will heat up as the May 15th court date draws closer. SDNY’s Pacer shows no action since the conference call back on December 20th.
